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LIVEUPMercy Medical Center – Des Moines Our Organization 2015
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER –
DES MOINES
• Not-for-profit Catholic hospital
• Mercy is a member of Catholic Health
Initiatives (CHI), a national nonprofit
health organization with headquarters in
Englewood, Colo. It is also a member of
Mercy Health Network – an integrated
system of hospitals and health care
facilities created through a partnership
between Catholic Health Initiatives
and Trinity Health, headquartered in
Livonia, Mich.
• Four campuses
Mercy Medical Center – central campus
Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes
Mercy Medical Center – Centerville
Skiff Medical Center, Newton
• 875 total beds combined
• Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893
• Mercy – Des Moines is the longest
continually-operating hospital in
Des Moines
• One of the largest employers in Iowa
• Approximately 7,000 staff members
• More than 1,000 physicians and allied
health associates
MERCY CLINICS, INC.
• Established in 1983
• Central Iowa’s largest multispecialty
clinic system
• Mercy Clinics is a subsidiary of Mercy
Medical Center – Des Moines
• More than 50 primary care, pediatric,
internal and specialty clinic locations
• Clinic locations in Dallas, Guthrie, Polk,
Wapello and Warren counties
• Recognized as an Exemplar Primary
Care Practice by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation and Group Health
Research Institute in 2014
MERCY HEALTH NETWORK –
CENTRAL IOWA
Fourteen of Iowa’s community hospitals
– from Bloomfield and Webster City to
Greenfield and beyond – have chosen
to affiliate with Mercy Health Network–
Central Iowa, anchored by Mercy Medical
Center–Des Moines. Through contracted
relationships, Mercy provides management
and support services to these community
hospitals. These hospitals work together
to share best practices and process
improvements, to improve quality and
service while lowering the costs of care.
BISHOP DRUMM RETIREMENT
CENTER (BDRC) is a continuing care
retirement community offering multiple
levels of care on the same campus.
BDRC includes Bishop Drumm Care
Center, Margery Court Alzheimer’s Care
Unit, Martina Place Assisted Living,
and McAuley Terrace Independent
Living. For more information, visit
mercydesmoines.org/bishopdrumm.
HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE
SERVICES are provided through
a partnership with Consolidated
Health Services (CHS). Mercy offers
compassionate home health and hospice
care and medical supply services such as
respiratory supplies and durable medical
equipment. For more information, visit
mercydesmoines.org/homecare.
MERCY PARK APARTMENTS offer
senior living apartments near Mercy
Medical Center – Des Moines’ central
campus. For more information, visit
mercydesmoines.org/mercy-park.
WHO WE ARE - AN OVERVIEW OF MERCY
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MERCY IS MUCH MORE THAN A HOSPITAL. WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS
OF EVERYONE WE SERVE. FROM OUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS AT MERCY CLINICS TO OUR
MANY SPECIALISTS AND OUR DEDICATED CRITICAL CARE AND EMERGENCY STAFF, WE STAND
READY TO MEET PATIENT NEEDS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. IN ADDITION, MERCY’S AFFILIATION
WITH CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES AND TRINITY HEALTH HELPS US TO EXPAND ACCESS AND
STRENGTHENS OUR MINISTRIES AND INITIATIVES OUR COMMUNITIES NEED.
MERCY’S MINISTRIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
in the delivery and innovation of health
sciences education. The College offers
a wide array of degree and certificate
programs to educate and train future health
care providers. For more information, visit
mchs.edu.
MERCY FOUNDATION is the preferred
channel of giving to programs and services
offered by Mercy and its Mission initiatives.
Led by a volunteer Board of Directors, the
Foundation raises money from generous
donors for critically-important capital
projects, scholarship programs and many
other needs of patients and professionals at
Mercy. For more information, visit
mercydesmoines.org/foundation.
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER –
CENTERVILLE is southern Iowa’s premier
rural hospital, serving Centerville and
Appanoose County for more than 90 years.
Mercy – Centerville is a fully-accredited,
full-service community hospital. For more
information, visit mercycenterville.org.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES at Mercy are
offered at convenient locations throughout
the Des Moines metro area. These include
four ambulatory surgery centers; two
cancer centers; several physical, speech
and occupational rehabilitation facilities;
cardiovascular testing at Iowa Heart Center;
medical imaging centers; retail pharmacies;
and much more.
SKIFF MEDICAL CENTER in Newton is
a 48-bed hospital, fully owned by Mercy
Medical Center – Des Moines. In addition
to the main hospital, Skiff has an attached
medical office building containing local
physician practices and the hospital’s
physical medicine and rehabilitation center.
For more information, visit skiffmed.com.
THE YMCA – HEALTHY LIVING
CENTER is a partnership between
Mercy and the YMCA. Located in Clive,
the Healthy Living Center has become
a national model for integrating medical
services, rehabilitation and physical
fitness. For more information, visit
ymcahealthylivingcenter.com.
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HOUSE OF MERCY is dedicated to
assisting women and children who are
at risk or in some of the most difficult
circumstances of life: homeless, drug-
addicted, in abusive relationships, pregnant
and/or parenting. House of Mercy is one
of Iowa’s largest providers of transitional
housing and clinical services for these
women and their children. For more
information, visit mercydesmoines.org/
houseofmercy.
MERCY ACO (Accountable Care
Organization) is made up of a team of
health care providers working together
to coordinate patient care. Mercy ACO
combines the entire range of patient care –
primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals
and home health services – in an effort to
realize greater efficiencies and lower out-
of-pocket costs for patients. For more
information, visit mercydesmoines.org/
mercyaco.
MERCY AUXILIARY OF CENTRAL
IOWA supports patient care programs
and services of Mercy Medical Center –
Des Moines and its affiliates. Founded
in 1948, the Auxiliary is fully self-funded.
Financial support is made possible in part
by the success of Auxiliary gift shops,
salon and Mercy Starbucks. For more
information, call (515) 247-3247.
MERCY COLLEGE OF HEALTH
SCIENCES is a fully-accredited four-year
college and a national leader for excellence
Mercy hospitals and outpatient clinics
Iowa Heart Center outpatient clinics